who were sultan Mahmud of granzi and sultan Muhammad of ghar? How were their motives for invading India different from each other
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Mahmud of ghazni was the first independent ruler of the Turkic dynasty of Ghaznavids, ruling from 999 to 1030. At the time of his death, his kingdom had been transformed into an extensive military empire, which extended from northwestern Iran proper to the Punjab in the Indian subcontinent, Khwarazm in Transoxiana, and Makran.
Muhammad of Ghor, was the Sultan of the Ghurid Empire along with his brother Ghiyath ad-Din Muhammad from 1173 to 1202 and as the sole ruler from 1202 to 1206. He is credited with laying the foundation of Muslim rule in the Indian subcontinent, which lasted for several centuries. He reigned over a territory spanning over parts of modern-day Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Iran, Northern India, Pakistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan.
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Sultan Mahmud, the ruler of ghazni who attacked the rich temples of india. He ruled from 997 CE -1030 CE. He wanted to build a magnificent capital city in ghazni and expand his empire to central. For this, he wanted to accumulate the great riches stored in the Indian temples and cities. After Sultan Mahmud Ghazni's death in 1030 CE, attacks from the north-west stopped for more than 150 years. In 1191 CE an afghan ruler named Sultan Muhammad Ghori attacked India in an attempt to established his reign.